Undergraduate / Extracurricular Essay Public Forum Debate {Common App} [3]

My heart pulsed with excitement as I made my first speech. Three years later, the same infectious energy is still present every time I get on the stand. Having my computer slammed shut at one in the morning, despite my pleas that the closing argument needs to be changed, is something of a weekly ritual. Topic briefs litter my space and multiple forests have been killed in my speech editing. I know more about Algeria's GDP than last night's football game, and more than a few peers have given me dirty looks because "isn't there some sort of limit on how many times one can wear a suit." To those people I say... probably; nevertheless, debate has resulted in multiple lost voices, a stellar current events education , confidence, and most of all, a couple hours of magic each weekend.